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1. How old was Publius Cornelius Scipio when he was given command of the Roman armies in Spain ?
2. Who was elected consul for 88 BC and then given command of the army to be sent against Mithridates the King of Pontus who had occupied Asia and Greece?
3. Consul three times, this general defeated the Samnites at the battle of Aquilona in 293 BC, crushed the Gallic Senones in 284 BC and drove King Pyrrhus from Italy at the battle of Beneventum in 275 BC.
4. What town was the home of Gaius Marius, victor over Jugurtha of Numidia, the Germanic Cimbri and Teutones, and seven times consul?
5. Publius Cornelius Scipio the younger, conquered two cities that had defied the power of Rome for decades, what were the cities Scipio conquered in 146 and 133 BCE?
6. The first Roman to triumph for a naval victory, this commander defeated the Carthaginian fleet at the battle of Mylae in 260 BC.
7. Known as "Rome's Sword" this general was the last man to win the "spolia opima" for killing an enemy chieftain in single combat. He also foiled Hannibal at Nola in 216-215 BC, took Casilinum in 214, and besieged and conquered Syracuse in 213-212 BC.
8. Marcus Furius Camillus was one of Rome's greatest heroes. He conquered Veii and Falerii, and drove out the Gauls after they took Rome in 390BC. Which of the following is also true of Camillus?
9. Lucius Aemilius Paulus defeated and captured King Perseus of Macedonia at the battle of Pydna in 168 BCE, and was infamous for the treacherous pillage and enslavement of Epirus. Paulus was the son of the consul killed at Cannae in 216, and his own son was also a great commander. What did that son accomplish?
10. Who defeated the Macedonians at the battle of Cynocephalae and king Nabis of Sparta in 197 BC?
11. Lucius Licinius Lucullus was Sulla's favorite subordinate. He served under him in the Social War, was his quaestor in 88 BC and was the only officer to support him in his march on Rome. Later he served Sulla as proquaestor, raising ships, auxiliaries and money in the cities of the East. After his consulship in 74 BC, Lucullus drove the irrepressible Mithridates from his kingdom, and defeated king Tigranes of Armenia. What less than "savory" reputation did Lucullus acquire after his retirement?
12. Three Romans of this name "devoted" their lives to the gods and sacrificed themselves for their country. The grandfather died in battle against the Latins at the battle of Veseris in 340BC, the father died as consul commanding the Roman army against the Samnites at the battle of Sentinium in 295 BC, and the son was killed fighting Pyrrhus at Asculum in 279 BC. Who was it?
13. Quintus Sertorius kept the Marian cause alive in Spain for years after it was destroyed in Italy, defeating Sulla's best generals including Metellus Pius and Pompey the Great. In the end he fell to an assassin's knife. Sertorius had a physical attribute that caused the Spanish to compare him to the great Hannibal, what was it?
14. How long did it take for Pompey to clear the pirates from the Western Mediterranean?
15. What Gallic tribes' attempted migration triggered Gaius Julius Caesar's first intervention in Gaul?
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